Meat products have been falsely labeled EU health chief says
All companies that have handled falsely-labeled horse meat are under suspicion, the European Union's health chief said on Wednesday, adding the Commission was considering strengthening relevant ...
View ArticleTobacco-style tactics on junk food
MULTINATIONAL companies use the same tactics as the tobacco industry to undermine public health, prompting calls for anti-tobacco-style regulation to be introduced for junk ...
View ArticleBarilla Center For Food And Nutrition To Speak At United Nations Meeting On...
BANNOCKBURN, Ill., Feb. 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition (BCFN) is pleased to announce that its Advisory Board Member, Ellen Gustafson, will be a discussant at the ...
View ArticlePizza Hut fills role of cook during Lords Diner expansion
Local Pizza Hut franchisee Fugate Enterprises sent more than 100 cheese, pepperoni and beef pizzas to the Lord's Diner when the facility's kitchen was unavailable for cooking. It would have ...
View ArticleR E P E A T -- Pick up some pizza deliver some heart Boston Pizza offers...
Valentine's Day this year with its annual heart-shaped pizza fundraiser. OnThursday, February 14exclusively,BostonPizza guests can enjoy a heart-shaped pizza in any of the restaurant's ...
View ArticleTough action vow over meat scandal
13 February 2013 The food safety watchdog has pledged a relentless investigation into allegations of horse meat being passed off as beef in the UK after two British plants were raided and shut down ...
View ArticleFrugal US diners higher costs could squeeze restaurants in 2013
By Lisa Baertlein Wed Feb 13, 2013 8:59am EST Feb 13 (Reuters) - Penny-pinching U.S. diners plan to eat out more this year and spend less on each meal, according to a new forecast released by ...
View ArticleDenver Restaurant Week Sets New Record with 351 Restaurants Participating
The 9th annual Denver Restaurant Week (DRW), organized by VISIT DENVER and presented by Lexus, has set a new record with a total of 351 restaurants participating, up 4 percent from 339 last year. ...
View ArticleRetail marginally higher in January
Census Bureau said Wednesday. Sales for the month came out 0.1 percent ahead of December at $416.6 billion. Sales, however, were 4.4 percent higher than January 2012, the bureau said. For the ...
View ArticleVIDEO Raided meat firm denies wrongdoing
The Food Standards Agency says it has suspended operations at an abattoir in West Yorkshire and a processing plant in west Wales as it continues its investigation into the horsemeat trade. The ...
View ArticleVIDEO Meat boss feels picked on by FSA
The director of one of the firms raided as part of an investigation into alleged horsemeat mislabelling said the Food Standards Agency (FSA) was "picking on" him. Dafydd Raw-Rees, of ...
View ArticleU.K. officials raid slaughterhouse meat processing company in horsemeat probe
London British authorities on Tuesday raided a slaughterhouse and a meat processing company suspected of selling horsemeat labeled as beef for kebabs and burgers, shutting them down temporarily and ...
View ArticleImport of meat stringent in SA
Johannesburg - Chances are slim that horse meat disguised as beef could have slipped through South African import controls, the agriculture department said on ...
View ArticleFood processing deregulation job loss on hold say mayors
A group of Southern Ontario mayors feel they have managed to convince the Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz there will be terrible consequences if food packaging sizes are deregulated. The mayors met ...
View ArticleAgropur closes the 2012 fiscal year with a remarkable performance
Annual General Meeting today at the Palais des congrs de Montral, welcoming close to 1,000 attendees comprising members and employees, business partners and guests from the agri-food industry, and ...
View ArticleBreda meat company implicated in widening horsemeat scandal
Breda-based meat trading group Nemijtek has been visited by food safety inspectors in connection with the ongoing horsemeat scandal, local broadcaster Omroep Brabant said on Wednesday. The company ...
View ArticleDayton prepares rules for food trucks not everyone pleased
The city of Dayton is getting closer to allowing food trucks to operate on the street, but it is still imposing restrictions that food truck operators would rather do without. The city of Dayton is ...
View ArticleAgency Horse meat scandal probe rigorous
The Food Standards Agency vowed an unrelenting investigation amid pressure to find out how horse meat wound up in British-made burgers and kabobs. Andrew Rhodes, FSA director of operations, said the ...
View ArticleUganda Govt Seeks Sh18 Billion for Food Development
Government is seeking to borrow over US$70.7m (over Sh187b) for food security, Masaka-Bukakata road project and for the Millennium Villages Project. MPs, however, reiterated their demand to the ...
View ArticleRelativitys Ryan Kavanaugh Buys Dog Food Company
are leading a group of show business investors who have acquired FreeHand, a super-premium pet food company that is known for its commitment to helping save the lives of homeless ...
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